Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset
Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Ethnicity, Pakistan (C_ETHNICITYPK)
Data file: PAK2017-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
121A) What is your mother tongue?
URDU 01
PUNJABI 02
SINDHI 03
PUSHTO 04
BALOCHI 05
ENGLISH 06
BARAUHI 07
SIRAIKI 08
HINDKO 09
KASHMIRI 10
SHINA 11
BRUSHASKI 12
WAKHI 13
CHITRALI/KHWAR 14
BALTI 15
PAHARI 16
POTOWARI 17
MARWARI 18
FARSI 19
OTHER 96
URDU 01
PUNJABI 02
SINDHI 03
PUSHTO 04
BALOCHI 05
ENGLISH 06
BARAUHI 07
SIRAIKI 08
HINDKO 09
KASHMIRI 10
SHINA 11
BRUSHASKI 12
WAKHI 13
CHITRALI/KHWAR 14
BALTI 15
PAHARI 16
POTOWARI 17
MARWARI 18
FARSI 19
OTHER 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Urdu |
| 02 | Punjabi |
| 03 | Sindhi |
| 04 | Pushto |
| 05 | Balochi |
| 06 | English |
| 07 | Barauhi |
| 08 | Siraiki |
| 09 | Hindko |
| 10 | Kashmiri |
| 11 | Pahari |
| 12 | Potowari |
| 13 | Marwari |
| 14 | Farsi |
| 20 | Other |
| 21 | Shina |
| 22 | Brushaski |
| 23 | Wakhi |
| 24 | Chitrali/Khwar |
| 25 | Balti |
| 96 | Other, unspecified |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
ETHNICITYPK (V131PK) is a variable specific to Pakistan that reports the woman's ethnicity according to responses to a question about the woman's first language. The groups identified vary across samples. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |